Wilmore Surname

119,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Wilmore Surname Definition:

V. Willmer.

Wilmore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9031:124,85713,261
England3781:147,40214,157
Australia2871:94,06210,731
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Bahamas691:5,678548
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
Wales221:140,66110,115
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3741:65,1757,477
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4631:108,46410,843

Wilmore (999) may also be a first name.

Wilmore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Willmer.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wilmore Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wilmore Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wilmore (Arabic: ليلمور) occurs most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wilmore click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilmore? popularity and diffusion

Wilmore is the 119,326th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,891,886 people. The surname Wilmore occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Wilmore are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wilmore is also the 254,587th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 999 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,903 people, or 1 in 124,857. In The United States Wilmore is mostly found in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Maryland, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Wilmore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilmore has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilmore surname increased 627 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 101 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wilmore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wilmore surname are 6.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.89% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wilmore earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.38% less than the national average, earning R 198,708 per year; in United States they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning $39,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.91% less than the national average, earning $46,250 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Wilmore Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wilmore in the Arabic language
ليلمورlylmwr-

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